Building strength for the long haul toward liberation: What psychology can contribute to the resilience of communities targeted by state-sanctioned violence.

Autor: Gebhard KT; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Hargrove S; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Chaudhry T; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Buchwach SY; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Cattaneo LB; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of community psychology [Am J Community Psychol] 2022 Dec; Vol. 70 (3-4), pp. 475-492. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 06.
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12596
Abstrakt: State-sanctioned violence (SSV) has resounding effects on entire populations, and marginalized communities have long persisted in the work toward liberation despite continued SSV. This paper aims to bridge the gap between the vast scholarship on resilience and the practical challenge of sustaining and thriving in communities targeted by SSV. We use the theoretical frame of the Transconceptual Model of Empowerment and Resilience (TMER) to articulate the process of resilience and the resources that support it: maintenance, efficacy, skills, knowledge, and community resources. As a practical frame, we ground our application of the model in the experiences of the first two authors in their own communities. Centering examples from the Black Lives Matter movement and the CeCe McDonald Support Committee, we use our theoretical and practical frames to explore the scholarship on resilience relevant to resisting SSV, and we identify mechanisms for supporting community stakeholders' efforts to move toward liberation from SSV. We discuss implications for future research and activism, and we include a toolkit with suggested strategies as an appendix for psychologists, activists, and community stakeholders to consider as they work to facilitate community resilience and build a society free from SSV.
(© 2022 The Authors. American Journal of Community Psychology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Community Research and Action.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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